An exhibit of 10 African American artists’ work, from local to nationally known, opened January 7, with a reception Tuesday, January 16. The exhibit presents work that places African American experience in the context of the American experience.
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Founder of SheaMoisture, Richelieu Dennis, Acquires Essence From Time Inc. | The Root
“This acquisition of Essence represents the beginning of an exciting transformation of our iconic brand…”
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There are drummers, then jazz drummers, and then there’s Harvey Mason | Michigan Chronicle
Harvey Mason isn’t just a jazz drummer. In fact, he isn’t just a drummer.
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Black Business Matter: Historic Washington Neighborhood Anacostia Getting its First (Black) Bookstore in Two Decades | Atlanta Black Star
MahoganyBooks is challenging this historic neighborhood to write a new chapter in community education and service by setting up shop in the four-year-old Anacostia Arts Center at 1231 Good Hope Road.
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‘Maynard’: Film Review | Hollywood Reporter
Samuel D. Pollard’s documentary recounts the life and career of Maynard Jackson, the first African-American mayor of Atlanta.
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Mississippi’s bold new Civil Rights Museum offers unflinching view of US history | The Guardian
Jackson’s new Civil Rights Museum and its neighbour, the Museum of Mississippi History, have a joint launch on 9 December, in advance of a year of events across the south marking 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination.
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This Young Man Is a Change Agent | Black Enterprise
Former high school student flips the rules by developing school-wide We Dine Together program.
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How Amanda Gorman Became the Nation’s First Youth Poet Laureate | The New York Times
Inspired by a speech that Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize laureate, gave in 2013, Ms. Gorman became a youth delegate for the United Nations at the age of 16.
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Dee Rees wanted to make ‘an old-fashioned movie’ and ended up with an Oscar contender | The Washington Post
At the Middleburg Film Festival in October, the director Dee Rees had tears in her eyes. Her movie “Mudbound” had just brought a packed ballroom to its feet and, even though she had been on tour for several weeks with the film — a sprawling historical drama about two families, one African American, one white, working a hardscrabble patch of land in the American South — she was clearly overcome.
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The Roots’ Black Thought Opens Up About Parent’s Murder and Overcoming Rage in New Interview | Atlanta Black Star
The Roots’ frontman Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter had it extremely difficult coming up since both of his parents were killed.
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